For only the third time in the existence of the organization, the Houston Astros will pick first overall in the upcoming MLB Draft, to be conducted June 4-6.

Their previous two selections, Floyd Bannister in 1976 and Phil Nevin in 1992, both enjoyed productive careers at the Major League level, although neither spent much time in the Astros organization after both were traded early in their professional careers.

Reports indicate that the Astros are targeting pitching, likely at the college level, with Louisiana State's Kevin Gausman, San Francisco's Kyle Zimmer, Stanford's Mark Appel and Texas A&M's Michael Wacha being the most frequently mentioned names. Florida catcher Mike Zunino continues to make a case for the No. 1 overall pick as well as he builds from his promising sophomore year in which he was named the MVP of the SEC.

While the new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) has already changed a lot to the logistics and overall structure of how draft picks are assigned, further changes to be implemented in 2013 will give the draft after this year a significantly different look.

Compensation picks for free agents will be drastically reduced, as only players that sign for a one-year contract equivalent of the top 125 players in the game will garner a compensatory selection. In addition, players must spend the entire season with the team they finished with the previous season to be eligible for compensation.

There will be new Competitive Balance Lottery in which six picks were be awarded to teams in a supplemental draft round following both rounds one and two. As part of this process, 10 teams with the lowest revenues from the previous season and 10 teams from the smallest markets will be given the opportunity to gain one of these extra picks.

An additional lottery process will be instituted should any teams forfeit their picks by not adhering to MLB's newly instituted draft pools.

Due to the institution of the draft pools, speculation continues to vary on how much it will affect this year's draft. Most seem to be in agreement that it is likely we will see more high school players attend college, at least initially until teams, players and advisors all get accustomed to the new rules and the long-term ramifications.

The draft pools will not restrict a team like the Astros from signing the first overall pick, as it has already been determined that they will have $7.2 million allotted to them to sign whoever they select.

To read more about the changes to the draft through the new CBA, and to also view more details as to how the compensatory picks were awarded, please visit this feature. The 2012 raw draft order, which includes a three-year history of each's team's first overall selection from the 2009-2011 drafts, can be found here.

Stay tuned to Perfect Game in the coming weeks for increased coverage of the 2012 MLB Draft. To view all of PG's draft content, please visit the Draft Page and the 2012 Draft Preview/Schedule page. Perfect Game's Director of Scouting, David Rawnsley, will take his first stab at how the first and supplemental first round will shake out on Tuesday, April 17.
First Round

Pick (Ov)

Pick (Rd)

Team

1

1

Astros

2

2

Twins

3

3

Mariners

4

4

Orioles

5

5

Royals

6

6

Cubs

7

7

Padres

8

8

Pirates

9

9

Marlins

10

10

Rockies

11

11

Athletics

12

12

Mets

13

13

White Sox

14

14

Reds

15

15

Indians

16

16

Nationals

17

17

Blue Jays

18

18

Dodgers

19

19

Cardinals (from Angels for Albert Pujols)

20

20

Giants

21

21

Braves

22

22

Blue Jays (for unsigned pick Tyler Beede)

23

23

Cardinals

24

24

Red Sox

25

25

Rays

26

26

Diamondbacks

27

27

Brewers (from Tigers for Prince Fielder)

28

28

Brewers

29

29

Rangers

30

30

Yankees

31

31

Red Sox (from Phillies for Jonathan Papelbon)

Supplemental First Round

Pick (Ov)

Pick (Rd)

Team

32

1

Twins (for Michael Cuddyer)

33

2

Padres (for Heath Bell)

34

3

Athletics (for Josh Willingham)

35

4

Mets (for Jose Reyes)

36

5

Cardinals (for Pujols)

37

6

Red Sox (for Papelbon)

38

7

Brewers (for Fielder)

39

8

Rangers (for C.J. Wilson)

40

9

Phillies (for Ryan Madson)

41

10

Astros (for Clint Barmes)

42

11

Twins (for Jason Kubel)

43

12

Cubs (for Aramis Ramirez)

44

13

Padres (for Aaron Harang)

45

14

Pirates (for Ryan Doumit)

46

15

Rockies (for Mark Ellis)

47

16

Athletics (for David DeJesus)

48

17

White Sox (for Mark Buehrle)

49

18

Reds (for Ramon Hernandez)

50

19

Blue Jays (for Frank Francisco)

51

20

Dodgers (for Rod Barajas)

52

21

Cardinals (for Octavio Dotel)

53

22

Rangers (for Darren Oliver)

54

23

Phillies (for Raul Ibanez)

55

24

Padres (for unsigned pick Brett Austin)

56

25

Cubs (for Carlos Pena)

57

26

Reds (for Francisco Cordero)

58

27

Blue Jays (for Jon Rauch)

59

28

Cardinals (for Edwin Jackson)

60

29

Blue Jays (for Jose Molina)

Second Round

Pick (Ov)

Pick (Rd)

Team

61

1

Astros

62

2

Athletics (Willingham)

63

2

Twins

64

3

Mariners

65

4

Orioles

66

5

Royals

67

6

Cubs

68

7

Padres

69

8

Pirates

70

9

Padres (Bell)

71

10

Mets (from Marlins for Reyes)

72

11

Twins (Cuddyer)

73

12

Rockies

74

13

Athletics

75

14

Mets

76

15

White Sox

77

16

Phillies (Madson)

78

17

Reds

79

18

Indians

80

19

Nationals

81

20

Blue Jays

82

21

Dodgers

83

22

Rangers (from Angels for Wilson)

84

23

Giants

85

24

Braves

86

25

Cardinals

87

26

Red Sox

88

27

Rays

89

28

Yankees (for unsigned pick Sam Stafford)

90

29

Diamondbacks

91

30

Tigers

92

31

Brewers

93

32

Rangers

94

33

Yankees

95

34

Phillies

Third Round

Pick (Ov)

Pick (Rd)

Team

96

1

Astros

97

2

Twins

98

3

Mariners

99

4

Orioles

100

5

Royals

101

6

Cubs

102

7

Padres

103

8

Pirates

104

9

Marlins

105

10

Rockies

106

11

Athletics

107

12

Mets

108

13

White Sox

109

14

Reds

110

15

Indians

111

16

Nationals

112

17

Blue Jays

113

18

Dodgers

114

19

Angels

115

20

Giants

116

21

Braves

117

22

Cardinals

118

23

Red Sox

119

24

Rays

120

25

Diamondbacks

121

26

Tigers

122

27

Brewers

123

28

Rangers

124

29

Yankees

125

30

Phillies

Supplemental Third Round

Pick (Ov)

Pick (Rd)

Team

126

1

Mariners (for unsigned pick Kevin Cron)

127

2

Marlins (for unsigned pick Connor Barron)

128

3

Rockies (for unsigned pick Peter O'Brien)

Fourth Round

Pick (Ov)

Pick (Rd)

Team

129

1

Astros

130

2

Twins

131

3

Mariners

132

4

Orioles

133

5

Royals

134

6

Cubs

135

7

Padres

136

8

Pirates

137

9

Marlins

138

10

Rockies

139

11

Athletics

140

12

Mets

141

13

White Sox

142

14

Reds

143

15

Indians

144

16

Nationals

145

17

Blue Jays

146

18

Dodgers

147

19

Angels

148

20

Giants

149

21

Braves

150

22

Cardinals

151

23

Red Sox

152

24

Rays

153

25

Diamondbacks

154

26

Tigers

155

27

Brewers

156

28

Rangers

157

29

Yankees

158

30

Phillies

To determine round-by-round picks for each team past the fourth round, add 30 for each round to the team's fourth-round overall pick.